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08/20/08Today I caught up with Wiz Kid Lil Flip and mastered my 1 minute juggling bean bag test. I dropped the bean bags twice during the test, but was able to squat down, pick up the dropped bean bag and get it back into the air while keeping the other two bean bags going, so I passed the test even with the two drops.As a reward, I got to finish painting my wood stand for The Three Little Pigs trick I have been working on. All the Wiz Kids have a pocket sized version of this that Grandpa Spellbinder made for us, but he and I worked on this big stage sized version together and today we finished it and put it to the test. It works very well. |
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08/20/08I'm working on a new card trick for The Magic Nook, so the photo on the left shows me spraying magic Pixie Dust on a deck of cards. But that's just posed for the photo; I wasn't spraying anything at all. For the real spraying, look at the photo on the right. That Pixie Dust spray sure makes me sneeze. I can't tell you what's really in the can; you would have to be a magician to learn the secret. I am also learning how to use the semi-colon (;) ! |
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07\20\08Qua-Fiki is at it again. He has taken an old trick and come up with some new ideas for it. You will find it on the Magic Nook site and it is called "Signed Sit on It." |
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07/12/08Qua-Fiki's latest project has been published in The Wizards' Journal # 16 on The Magic Nook. Qua-Fiki invented three separate rope effects that are explained in that article (for magicians only!). He has also been included in the list of Brief Biographies of Magic Inventors on the site, with certification of the four inventions that went into those three effects. This is just the beginning of Qua-Fiki's magic career, however. He is already planning a book of new Escape effects of his own invention. |
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6/27/08Qua-Fiki is using the electric sander to smooth all the edges of his new escape trick (The Stocks of Zanzibar - as revised and modified by Jim Gerrish).This is part of his woodshop activity for the Wiz Kids' Camp Duwhatchawanna. |
Qua-Fiki is now trying his new trick on for size before he fits it all together. |
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After measuring and gluing, Qua-Fiki hammers some nails into the legs that hold the stocks so he won't be able to get out that way later on! |
Director (Wiz Kid Fred) helps Qua-Fiki by hammering in some supports for the center of the stock.That's all for today while the glue is drying! We'll add some more photos tomorrow! |
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05/30/08Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki waits his turn to perform at his school's Talent Show.While he didn't win a prize, he fooled the judges and the audience with his rope magic, and moved one step closer to becoming an official Wiz Kid. This performance, which was recorded for the Wiz Kids to see, will count as his first successful public performance. Two more are required before he can become an "official" Wiz Kid, entitled to wear his name on his Wiz Kid shirt. He can then begin moving up in the ranks as his father (who was known as Wiz Kid Lee) and his uncle (who was known as Wiz Kid Fred) did years before.Qua-Fiki's practices, rehearsals and talent show were all recorded on videotape so that before he performs in public again, he can study his performances and learn from his mistakes.Still Photos of Qua-Fiki's Act: |
05/21/08Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki had a half day of school, so he spent several hours at the Wiz Kid office working on magic that will be included in our summer tour in the Adirondacks. As you can see from the photos below, there is more to magic than just performing magic tricks. |
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 As our Escape Artist, Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki will perform two different escapes this summer. The canvas bag escape he is working on in the photo above required him to learn how to pound metal grommets into the bag to hold the tie-ropes in place. |
 Qua-Fiki also decided to give the wood table he made for his rope act another sanding and final coat of polyurethane. He is also learning to use some power tools to make his own props out of wood. |
 Qua-Fiki will also perform as a "Lion Tamer" in the Wiz Kid Mini-Magic Circus this summer. Here he works with the proip Jim Gerrish made for him, but he will be writing his own script and patter. |
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05/18/08In May of 2008, Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki began working on a talent show for his school. We helped him develop a new act based on an old rope effect called "The Professor's Nightmare." Qua-Fiki had recently helped his grandfather, Professor Spellbinder, to illustrate the magic TIPS jar that Qua-Fiki has been using in his Kid Rope Act. The Professor was glad to have his assistance because, even though the Professor invented this version of the TIPS jar, Qua-Fiki is quick to come up with original jokes and presentation subtleties on his own which adds to the effect. Like his cousin Wiz Kid Eleazar, Qua-Fiki will probably be seen more and more on The Magic Nook adding his thoughts and inventions to the growing collection of magic there. The Magic Nook is a sponsor of the Wiz Kids and funds many of their activities. |
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Qua-Fiki began working on the keyboard in February of 2008. He learned to play with both hands right from the start, using special show music (Bossy Nova) composed by Jim Gerrish.Using the Wiz Kid method, Qua-Fiki learned his first piece by discovering the relationships between the keys. By the end of the lesson, he was given the written music and a marked keyboard so he could continue his studies at home... along with more magic, more juggling, etc.By the time of our next Saturday meeting, Qua-Fiki had mastered Bossy Nova and was ready for some new music. He was awarded his own portable keyboard instrument so he could continue to practice at home, but he still loves to play the big keyboard when he comes to the Wiz Kid office. |
Qua-Fiki joined the Wiz Kids, Inc. in December of 2007, but had to wait until January of 2008 for the new Wiz Kid Troupe to begin forming. In the meantime, he learned to do some magic with paper napkins.In the photo at the right, Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki prepares his napkin trick for performance. He must perform this trick three times in public shows, and then the Wiz Kids will vote to see if he is good enough to become an "official" Wiz Kid. At that time he will receive his Wiz Kid Shirt with his Wiz Kid name printed on it, and he may begin working on a new trick to master.Qua-Fiki chose his own Wiz Kid name. It's not his real name, but each Wiz Kid can choose to use his or her real first name or make up a special Wiz Kid name to use as an official Wiz Kid member. |
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